AOL Radio stops streaming
Looks like there may be some truth to the news out there from last week that AOL Music was shutting down. While the AOL...
Watchdog takes aim at Fox reality series
ColorOfChange believes that long-running Fox series “COPS” presents a distorted image of African Americans and other minorities, with real-life repercussions, and is seeking to...
Fleetwood Mac plays the radio card to promote new release
Once again, at a time when many in the music community are complaining about radio airplay under current copyright law, a band is freely...
Wheeler getting FCC chair
According to reports, President Barack Obama is set to name Tom Wheeler to take the place of Julius Genachowski as Chair of the FCC....
ABC came in second for the week
Overall: For the 2nd week in a row, ABC was the #2 most-watched TV network to CBS, outdrawing Fox by 5% and NBC by...
NBC: “The Voice” was #1 in 18-49
“The Voice” has finished the April 22-28 week ranking #1 among primetime programs on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49, adults 18-34,...
KROQ unveils Weenie Roast lineup
Slated for 5/18, this year's KROQ-FM LA Weenie Roast 2013 will feature The Black Keys, Thirty Seconds To Mars, Vampire Weekend, Of Monsters And...
DJ says he was a victim of rip-off
Chuck Harder, White Springs, FL-based veteran DJ (WWBA-FM Tampa, WFLA-AM Tampa, WLCY-AM, WYNR 1390 Chicago, WMCA-AM NY and currently WPGS-AM Titusville, FL) and former...
WV FM CP from Robinson to Robinson
$83,485 FM CP White Sulphur Springs WV from United States CP LLC (W. Philip Robinson) to Radio Greenbrier LLC (Todd P. Robinson). Cash. Superduopoly...
Loop picks up Palm Springs Class A TV
$225K KKKK-CA Palm Springs CA (Indio CA) from Park Place Broadcasting Company (Leo Kesselman) to Loop Media LLC (Lawrence Rogow, Paul Koplin). Cash.
DISH, Cox lead the way on social media use
Harnessing the power of social media is a worthy goal for any business operating in today’s reality, and that means having the will to actually interact with customers who use the medium to interact with companies. Among media organizations, DISH and Cox are the best.
Noncoms echo NAB in opposition to auction tech change
The proposal put forth by the FCC to change contour measurement software in the midst of the process of preparing for incentive auctions next...
March radio deals leave massive paper trail
So far in 2013, two out of 59 radio deals have accounted for over 75% of all value – they are the two sales by Cox to two different buyers. Not only did dealing slump in March, the amount of actual cash changing hands was utterly eclipsed by the seller paper involved in the deals.
Live TV ratings taking a big hit, thanks to time-shifting
The rapid rise of time-shifted viewing, driven by DVRs, VOD and mobile devices, have decimated TV ratings in Q1 and threatens to
Can radio adopt smart hyperlocal strategy?
The concept of hyperlocal is finally starting to get some recognition in the Radio world. For the past 5 years, Radio seems to have paid little attention to Newspaper’s struggle with hyperlocal. Radio could have learned much by watching how print folks were fumbling hyperlocal. Radio could have used newspaper as an indicator of how NOT to do hyperlocal.
What is hyperlocal? According to Wikipedia, hyperlocal is “online news or content pertaining to a town, village, single postcode or geographically defined community.